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Peugeot 205: how many are still registered?

14,597still registered

Peugeot 205 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 62 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 364,039 (1994 Q4) - 4.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 13,670 in 2030.

11,432 of the survivors (78.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

4.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 364,039

Declared off-road (SORN)11,432 · 78.3%
Disappearing per year1.3%
Projected 2030~13,670

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Peugeot 205 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Peugeot 205 vans342still reg.Peugeot 205 lorries5still reg.Peugeot 205 buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 14,597 surviving Peugeot 205 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3,194 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 81.9% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1984 → 1996
3,0001,5000
1984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996
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On the road over time

Total Peugeot 205 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

364,039
1994log scale2026: 13,917
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Peugeot 205 cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

901cc to 1000cc340 cars · 2.3%
1101cc to 1200cc1,143 cars · 7.8%
1301cc to 1400cc1,643 cars · 11.2%
1501cc to 1600cc3,818 cars · 26.1%
1701cc to 1800cc3,544 cars · 24.2%
1901cc to 2000cc4,013 cars · 27.4%
Other sizes (11)96 cars · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol11,014 · 75.4%
Diesel3,579 · 24.5%
Gas4 · under 0.1%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.